Lumbar flexion and dynamic EMG among persons with single level disk herniation pre- and postsurgery with radicular low-back pain

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-307

  Wallbom, Agnes S ^a,c   Geisser, Michael E ^a   Koch, John ^a   Haig, Andrew J ^a   Guido, Catherine ^a   Hoff, Julian T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disk herniation; EMG; Flexion relaxation phenomenon; Low back pain; Lumbar flexion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PARAVERTEBRAL MUSCLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULAR PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADICULOPATHY; TIME;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADICULOPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63849148554     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e318198b6ed     Document Type: Article

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